235: Why Nervous System Regulation Isn't Optional for Entrepreneurs with Lina Midla
Like so many women, resiliency and recovery coach Lina Midla initially saw fitness through the lens of fat loss and weight management. But she discovered that what you could gain was actually more powerful. Through movement, breath, and cold exposure, she helps women build real resiliency, joy, curiosity, and compassion.
In this episode of She Thinks Big, Lina provides three takeaways that will transform the way you look at fitness and movement. She unveils how movement is an underrated superpower, why regulating your nervous system isn’t optional, and the power of tapping into your body’s feminine energy and wisdom.
Discover why getting in shape isn’t just about chiseling the outside. Using her array of tools, Lina’s powerhouse insights will help you connect with your inner self and find joy in the process.
What’s Covered in This Episode on Nervous System Regulation for Entrepreneurs
1:24 – Introduction to Lina and how she transitioned from focusing on weight management to resiliency coaching for women
7:13 – How movement acts as a supercharger for your confidence, connection, and energy
10:30 – How functional strength training differs from traditional fitness approaches for women
14:12 – Recovery and nervous system regulation as foundational and how breathwork and cold exposure impact the nervous system
21:37 – The power of approaching a problem, goal, or situation from your whole being and not just logical thinking
24:50 – The importance of honoring your feminine energy and the gift of a quiet pause
30:56 – Recap of Lina’s three key takeaways and how you can start implementing them today
33:12 – Lina’s vision for the third space she wants to create for women and her final thoughts
Connect with Lina Midla
Lina Midla is a Women's Strength, Resiliency, and Recovery Coach, specializing in functional fitness, breathwork, and cold plunge therapies. A mother of two and a Chicago native now based in Indianapolis, she is the founder of LIMITLESS with Lina, where she helps women cultivate resilience by unleashing their limitless potential. With over a decade of experience in the fitness and wellness space, she works with clients through her coaching programs, both in-person and remotely, to help them reconnect with their bodies, enhance physical vitality, and achieve mental clarity.
Lina’s approach centers around the idea that true strength comes from working with the body, not against it. She blends functional fitness, breath work, and cold plunge therapy to help women build lasting strength, balance hustle with ease, and find joy in their journey to personal growth and well-being.
Lina also shares her insights on Coffee Talk with Lina Midla: Wellness, Wisdom, and Woo, a podcast where she discusses wellness, resilience, and self-care. Through her coaching and podcast, she empowers women to embrace their inner strength and prioritize their health, so they can thrive.
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Quotes from the Episode
“A lot of women find their way into fitness trying to work on their physical selves. Societally we have this focus on being less–taking up less space, being less of a nuisance.” - Lina Midla
“Fitness can be used as a beautiful tool, not just to chisel the outside, but to help you bring out from the inside who you want to be and what you want to become.” - Lina Midla
“We tend to take all of the bodily signals that we receive and quiet them because what's important is what's happening in our head, and not necessarily our gut feelings, intuition, or felt senses.” - Lina Midla
"It's about being able to expand your window of tolerance and be able to play on the edges, but also bring yourself back to regulation." - Lina Midla
"The way that I see it in my head is like a crocodile that has just finished eating or whatever, like exerting all that energy, and then they go back to just floating in the water. They're ready. They're ready for whatever life throws their way, but they're not thrashing all the time." - Lina Midla
Links to other episodes
216: Breaking Free from the Mental Load and Finding Balance
214: How to Create the Time and Space You Need to Think Bigger
141: She Thinks Big: The Experience of Writing a Book for the First Time
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